Non-finite forms the verb
A part of compound verbal
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Hadeeva.G.V..Non finite.forms.of.the.Verbs
7. A part of compound verbal
a) phasal (aspect) predicate after phasal (aspect) verbs: to start, to begin, to commence, to go on, to continue, to keep on, to finish, to stop, etc. E.g. 1. The child started to cry. 2. The girls go on to talk. b) modal predicate after modal verbs: must, can, may, etc (In Rus. may ‘возможно’, must ‘должно быть’). E.g. 1. He must (may) listen to the text every day. 13 2. He must (may) be listening to the text. 3. He must (may) have been listening to the text from 9 o’clock already. 4. Could you tell me the time? 8. A predicate. It is used in interrogative (affirmative and negative) sentences beginning with why and implying a suggestion used in the conversation. We always find an infinitive without to here. In interrogative-affirmative sentences the implication is that there is no need to perform the action. E.g. 1. Why lose your temper over a little thing like that? 2. Why do this kind of work alone? In interrogative-negative sentences the implication is that there is nothing to prevent one from performing the action. E.g. 1. Why not go for a walk? 2. Why not invite him to the party? Training Exercises Exercise 1. Comment on the forms and functions of the Infinitives. Translate the sentences into Russian. 1. To read books means to enlarge one's horizons. 2. He read a lot to broaden his mind. 3. To part from friends is to die a little. 4. To win friends and influence people, one must employ guile and fraud, some politicians believe. 5. A friend is someone special to laugh with, to dream with, to shape with... 6. He had no idea whom he was to meet. 7. What he really wanted was to be alone, entirely alone. 8. She could not afford to panic, not under any circumstances. 9. “You always make me feel better”. — “Do I”? 10. She didn't love Willy enough to marry him. 11. Gradually, she came to understand how wrong she had been. 12. To begin my story I must go back in time, to 1990. 13. He was far too bright a boy to be deceived. He would probe and probe. 14. To tell the truth, a cigar gives me a chance to relax and to meditate. 15. Maxim flew to New York only to discover that his daughter was on the Coast. 16. She began to 14 realize that her husband was a difficult man, not easy to know, or live with. 17. In Greece people often shake their heads from side to side to say “Yes”. With us it means “No”. 18. They need nobody to protect them. 19. Why not ask him about this problem, he can advise what to do. 20. It makes everybody so happy to see you again! 21. It takes a long time to become a personality. 22. It gives me great comfort to think of you. 23. Under those circumstances his silence was difficult to explain. 24. Сhildren ought to obey their parents. 25. “It might have been just my imagination,” — said Virginia. 26. Bad habits are easy to acquire and hard to break. Download 418.2 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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